First ELIXIR School: “The JWST/NIRSpec project”

The school was held on the EADS/Astrium premises in Ottobrunn (Munich, Germany) on 31 May-2 June 2010 (see group photo here)

Program:

Monday, 31 May: Presentation of EADS/Astrium and visit of the Ottobrunn facilities
Title Content Speaker Time Chair
Welcome session Welcome by an EADS representative and the ELIXIR network coordinator R. Maurer / S. Charlot 14:30 n/a
Presentation of EADS/Astrium Presentation of the EADS/Astrium company and its activities R. Maurer 14:45 n/a
Visit of the facilities 1/2 Visit of NIRSpec (group #1) / Visit of Astrium facilities (group #2) n/a 15:30 n/a
Visit of the facilities 2/2 Visit of NIRSpec (group #2) / Visit of Astrium facilities (group #1) n/a 16:15 n/a
End of day #0 17:00
Tuesday, 1 June: JWST mission overview
Welcome session Welcome by an EADS representative R. Maurer 9:00 n/a
Introduction Welcome by ELIXIR coordinator + presentation of the school objectives S. Charlot 9:15 n/a
Logistics Usual miscellaneous logistic announcements P. Ferruit 9:30 n/a
The JWST mission: (1) Science Objectives Presentation of the scientific objectives of the JWST mission M. Clampin 9:40 B. Dorner
Coffee break 10:40
The JWST mission: (2) The Observatory and its instruments Presentation of the scientific objectives of the JWST mission M. Clampin 10:55 B. Dorner
Lunch 11:55
NIRCam Presentation of the instrument (scientific objectives, expected performances, technical description) M. Rieke 13:30 C. Pacifici
MIRI Presentation of the instrument (scientific objectives, expected performances, technical description) G. Wright 14:15 C. Pacifici
Coffee break 15:00
JWST Detectors Introduction to the JWST detector arrays G. Rieke 15:15 K. Schmidt
TFI+FGS Presentation of the instrument (scientific objectives, expected performances, technical description) J. Hutchings 16:00 K. Schmidt
NIRSpec Brief overview of the instrument and presentation of its scientific objectives P. Jakobsen 16:45 K. Schmidt
End of day #1 17:15
Wednesday, 2 June: the NIRSpec instrument
Introduction Presentation of the agenda S. Charlot 9:00 n/a
Logistics Usual miscellaneous logistic announcements P. Ferruit 9:10 n/a
The NIRSpec project NIRSpec throughout the ages (a short history of the NIRSpec project) P. Jakobsen 9:20 M. Mosleh
NIRSpec Presentation of the instrument from the technical poing of view X. Gnata 9:40 M. Mosleh
Coffee break 10:25
MSA Presentation of the micro-shutter arrays H. Moseley 10:35 E. Bellocchi
Detectors Presentation of the NIRSpec detectors (including readout strategy) B. Rauscher 11:15 E. Bellocchi
Lunch 11:55
Observing with NIRSpec Presentation of typical NIRSpec observation strategies and of the associated observation preparation tools T. Boeker 13:30 S. Lorenzoni
NIRSpec data Presentation of what NIRSpec data will look like (e.g. output from simulations) B. Dorner 14:10 S. Lorenzoni
Processing NIRSpec data Presentation of the NIRSpec data processing and of the associated tools (pipeline) T. Beck 14:50 S. Lorenzoni
Conclusions Conclusion of the ELIXIR school S. Charlot 15:30 n/a
End of ELIXIR school 15:45